Founding President of Imani Africa Mr Franklin Cudjoe has said that he did not hear any serious message from the political parties during the campaign on Sunday, June 26 in Assin North ahead of the by-election which will take place on Tuesday, June 27.
He said he only heard of propaganda from the parties.
“Assin North by-election. I didn’t hear any serious campaign statement on how we were recklessly led limping to the IMF and how we will behave differently. Just high octane spin & spineless propaganda. What a waste!” he wrote on Facebook.
During the campaign, President Nana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo told constituents in Assin North not to vote for a candidate who is standing trial in court during the by-election.
Addressing a gathering in the constituency on Sunday, June 25, he said for the constituency to witness the needed development, a candidate with legal issues should not be voted for.
“They say even if Gyakye Quayson is in jail they will vote for him, are we going to vote for someone who is going to prison?
“What benefits will the people derive from voting for such a person? We want someone when he is voted for can come to me and plan how to develop the constituency.”
But former President John Dramani Mahama told him that the facts of the cases involving Adamu Sakande, the late Bawku Member of Parliament who was sentenced to two years imprisonment after he was found guilty of false declaration of office, perjury, and deposed Assin North lawmaker James Gyakye Quayson who is also standing trial for the same charges, are not the same.
Mr Mahama also told a gathering in the constituency on Sunday that “Don’t deceive the people of Assin North to believe that the two situations are the same.
“Adamu Sakande went to prison because he lied and concealed his passport. Gyakye Quayson has not hidden his passport. Prior to voting for him in 2020 Canada had accepted that he was no longer a Canadian citizen, what crime has he done?”